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A major event in the Fall at Garfield Farm is Harvest Days which feature demonstration of pioneer farming skills like the candle making shown here as well as a sheep dog demonstration, black smithing, and displays of farm and home items. There is also a story teller and guided walk through the farm prairie areas.

2008 Schedule of Events

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2008 Tour Season: June-thru September on Wednesdays & Sundays, 1-4 PM
All other times by appointment year round. (630) 584-8485
Scout groups welcome! Special classes for badges may be requested.

Spinning & Plying Workshop
Feb 9, 23 & March 8 11am-1pm.This series of three two-hour classes will teach you about various wool types and methods of spinning and plying fibers into yarn. Reservations required. $80.

Felting Workshop
Feb 23rd & March 1st 10am-12pm Learn how to make this traditional craft with its contemporary version to make your own miniature art work. Class fee $20, Felting Kit $14.

Natural Area Management Seminar
Feb 16 8am-4:30 pm. Learn how to restore and manage prairie, woodlands and wetlands. Reservations required. $45.

Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar
Mar 2 1:30 pm. Make three grafts of antique apple trees to take home for planting. Reservations required. $25.

Fox Valley 51St Annual Antique Show
Mar 8 & 9 Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 10am-4pm. Antiques: Living Green Produced by Chicago Suburban Antiques Dealers Association. To Benefit Garfield Farm Museum. Admission $8 at the door.

Antique Clothing Lecture
April 20th 2pm. Antique clothing expert and CSADA member, Donna Finegan, will discuss clothing trends and will share several examples at this informative lecture. $8

Voices of the Land
April 27 Sunday 2 pm Naturalist author, Joel Greenberg, will premier his new work, “Voices of the Land”, with funding by the Illinois Humanties Council. Folklorists Tom and Chris Kastle will also perform. The performance will feature readings, music and images, drawn from his book, Prairie Woods & Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing. Reservations required. $10

Museum Awards Banquet
May 9 6pm–9 pm. Annual dinner at the historic Dunham Woods Riding Club. Reservations required.

Oxen Driving
May 3 9am-3pm. Work with the farm’s all-star oxen to learn beginning grooming, yoking and driving of single ox and oxen teams. Reservations required. $60.

Chicken Selection Workshop
May 17 10 am -3 pm Don Schrider of the ALBC explains methods rare chicken breeding $20.

Rare Breeds Show
May 18 11am-4pm. Breeders from around the Midwest display rare and historic types of livestock. Individual breeders may offer livestock and poultry for sale. Member participation by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. $6/$3.

Art & Crafts at the Farm
Jun 28 & 29 Come and enjoy the work for sale of local crafter & artists at this Garfield fund raiser. At Mongerson Farm.

Traditional Barn Dance
July 12 6pm-9pm. Bring a picnic dinner and then at 7:00 pm join in for a summer night dance on the farm. The Scantlin Reunion will provide live music and a dance caller to teach these historic dances. Reservations required. Amount $8/3.

Antique Tool Show & Sale
Aug 3 9am-1pm. Members of the Midwest Tool Collectors Association and the Early American Industries Association display, trade and sell antique and collectable tools. $5/$2.

Heirloom Garden Show
Aug 24 11am-4pm. Rare and specialty fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs are displayed and sold by Midwestern growers. Member participation by Seed Savers Exchange. $6/$3.

Buckskin Tanning
Aug 30 8:30am-4:30pm. Spring DeLeon will conduct a class and demonstration on buckskin tanning practices of the pioneer times. Make and take home your own buckskin. Lunch provided. Reservations required; min 4 max 10. Amount TBA.

Corn 101
Sept 28 Time TBA. Museum volunteer, Chuck Bauer, will give a lecture on the history of corn. There will be discussion of the type used in the 1840’s and how farmers manipulated corn to create the variety we have today. Reservations required. $5.

Harvest Days
Oct 3 Student Harvest Days 9am-2 pm. Limit of 600 students by advanced reservations. $5/$4.
Oct 5 11:30am-4 pm. Join museum volunteers in this celebration of the season. Continuous demonstrations of farm and household skills, 19th century music and food. $6/$3.

Volunteer Party
Nov 9 3-6 pm. For all those who helped out at the farm, a pot-luck with photos and awards make for a fun social afternoon.

Candlelight at the Inn
Dec 6&7 3-7pm. Experience the tradition of winter visits as practiced by families like the Garfields in their 1846 Brick Inn. Hospitality, food, music and bake-sale. Donations accepted.

Homespun Holiday Market
Dec 6&7 12-7pm. Come and enjoy the work of local crafters at this 4th annual fundraiser.

For more information about Garfield Farm send an e-mail message to: info@garfieldfarm.org or call 630/584-8485.

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